/*
Jack Morris
1/20/15
Final
jack_morris_multiple
*/
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  int c,
      count = 0;
  char message;
  
  printf("Input your message:\n");
  scanf("%c", &message);
  while(c = getchar() && (getchar() != '\n'))
  {
    count++;
  }
  /*
  BUG:
  the count is more or less half of what the real count should be
  */
  printf( "%d characters\n" , count ) ;
  
  return(0);
}
